Migrating a RAID
Once a RAID volume has been created, you may want to move it to other physical drives or change the RAID array all together. To migrate a RAID 0, RAID 1, or RAID 5 volume, follow the steps below:
1.From the RAID Configuration screen, click Migrate RAID.
2.A list of possible RAID migration configurations will be listed. Select the desired migration scheme and click OK.
3.The system will begin migrating the RAID volume.
NOTE
Migrating a RAID volume could take several hours to complete
Below is a table listing of possible RAID migration schemes:
To | RAID 0 | RAID 5 | |
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| [RAID 0] HDDx2 to [RAID 0] HDDx3 | [RAID 0] HDDx2 to [RAID 5] HDDx3 | |
| [RAID 0] HDDx2 to [RAID 0] HDDx4 | [RAID 0] HDDx2 to [RAID 5] HDDx4 | |
RAID 0 | [RAID 0] HDDx2 to [RAID 0] HDDx5 | [RAID 0] HDDx2 to [RAID 5] HDDx5 | |
[RAID 0] HDDx3 to [RAID 0] HDDx4 | [RAID 0] HDDx3 to [RAID 5] HDDx4 | ||
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| [RAID 0] HDDx3 to [RAID 0] HDDx5 | [RAID 0] HDDx3 to [RAID 5] HDDx5 | |
| [RAID 0] HDDx4 to [RAID 0] HDDx5 | [RAID 0] HDDx4 to [RAID 5] HDDx5 | |
| [RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 0] HDDx2 | [RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 5] HDDx3 | |
| [RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 0] HDDx3 | ||
RAID 1 | [RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 5] HDDx4 | ||
[RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 0] HDDx4 | |||
| [RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 5] HDDx5 | ||
| [RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 0] HDDx5 | ||
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| [RAID 5] HDDx3 to [RAID 5] HDDx4 | |
RAID 5 | X | [RAID 5] HDDx3 to [RAID 5] HDDx5 | |
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| [RAID 5] HDDx4 to [RAID 5] HDDx5 |
Deleting a RAID
To delete a RAID volume, follow the steps below:
1.On the RAID List screen, select the RAID volume by clicking on its radio button, and click RAID Config to open the RAID Configuration screen.
2.On the RAID Configuration screen, click Remove RAID.
3.The confirmation screen appear, you will have to input “Yes” with exactly wording case to complete “Remove RAID” operation
Removing RAID destroys all data in the current RAID volume. The data WARNING is unrecoverable. 35